Battle of the bands

From https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/12/canada-police-arrive-to-remove-protesters-at-u-s-border-00008437:

 

Earlier this week in New Zealand, protesters rolled up to Parliament grounds in a convoy of cars and trucks and set up camp. Police have taken a hands-off approach after initial attempts to remove them resulted in physical confrontations.

 

Parliament Speaker Trevor Mallard on Friday ordered his staff to turn on the lawn’s sprinklers to douse them and to play Barry Manilow tunes and the 1990s hit “Macarena” over loudspeakers to annoy them. Protesters responded by playing their own songs, including Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It.”

 

Anyone can boycott the Beijing Olympics. Everyone should.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/28/boycott-nbc-sports-beijing-winter-olympics-2022/

 

The Marvelettes

This year I decided to periodically spotlight some other musical artists whom I like for one reason or another. Admittedly, I’m doing this at least in part because #ILikeMakingLists (see below). I decided to start with the Marvelettes so I could also pay belated tribute to Wanda Young, who died last December. While they were never as commercially successful as The Supremes or Martha & The Vandellas, they did have the distinction of having Motown’s first #1 hit on the Hot 100 with “Please Mr. Postman” in 1961. That song, along with other early singles such as “Beechwood 4-5789”, put them squarely in the mold of that era’s other “girl groups”, such as The Ronettes, The Shirelles, and The Chiffons. Their sound did evolve later in the decade, when they hit the top 20 with hits such as “Don’t Mess With Bill” and “My Baby Must Be A Magician.”

 

Favorite songs:

Forever

The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game

Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead

Strange I Know

Beechwood 4-5789

When You’re Young And In Love

My Baby Must Be A Magician

Please Mr. Postman

Don’t Mess With Bill

Playboy